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Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent

The Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent was the first Rolls-Royce turboprop engine.

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Design and development

The Trent was based on a concept by Sir Frank Whittle. It was a Derwent Mark II turbojet engine with a cropped impeller (turbine unchanged) and a reduction gearbox (designed by A A Rubbra) connected to a five-bladed Rotol propeller. The Trent ran for 633 hours on test before being installed in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter which flew for the first time on 20 September 1945 at the start of a 298-hour flight test programme.

Applications

  • Gloster Meteor

    • Engines on display

    A preserved Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop engine is on display at the London Science Museum.

    General characteristics

  • Type: Turboprop
  • Length:
  • Diameter:
  • Dry weight: 1,000lb turbine unit, reduction gear 250lb, propeller 250lb, total engine/propeller weight 1,500lb

    • Components

  • Compressor: 1-stage double-sided centrifugal compressor
  • Combustors: 10 x can combustion chambers
  • Turbine: Single-stage axial
  • Fuel type: Kerosene (R.D.E.F./F/KER)
  • Oil system: pressure feed, dry sump with scavenge, cooling and filtration, oil grade 150 S.U. secs (32 cSt) (Intavia 7106) at 38 °C (100 °F)

    • Performance

  • Maximum power output: 750 shp, with 1,250 lb (570 kg) residual thrust
  • Power-to-weight ratio:

    • References

    Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent Wikipedia
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